Ivory Hilt Barong from Borneo

VANDOO · 26th June 2016, 02:10 AM

I HAD THE SAME FEELINGS ABOUT SEVERAL ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION AND REFRAINED FROM BIDDING ON SOME ITEMS AS A RESULT. THE BORNEO BARONG WAS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. AESTHETICALLY IT IS QUITE PLEASING TO THE EYE AND UNIQUE IN MY EXPERIENCE BUT SOMETHING JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

WAS IT MADE AND USED IN THE MORO OR DAYAK CULTURE OR A FANCY INTERPRETATION WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES COMBINED AS IN THE BALI-MORO KRIS AND PERHAPS PUT TOGETHER IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY BY CRAFTSMEN WHO WERE NEITHER DAYAK OR MORO.

I DO LIKE THE LOOK OF THE BARONG AND THE TWO MORO-BALI KRIS BUT THEY MAY BE SAID TO BE PUT TOGETHER, FANTASY OR ARTISTIC LICENCE ITEMS. I DID WIN TWO ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION SO WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO JUDGE THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND PERHAPS THEY MAY HAVE COME FROM THE SAME COLLECTIONS .

26th June 2016, 02:10 AM	#14
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I HAD THE SAME FEELINGS ABOUT SEVERAL ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION AND REFRAINED FROM BIDDING ON SOME ITEMS AS A RESULT. THE BORNEO BARONG WAS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. AESTHETICALLY IT IS QUITE PLEASING TO THE EYE AND UNIQUE IN MY EXPERIENCE BUT SOMETHING JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. WAS IT MADE AND USED IN THE MORO OR DAYAK CULTURE OR A FANCY INTERPRETATION WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES COMBINED AS IN THE BALI-MORO KRIS AND PERHAPS PUT TOGETHER IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY BY CRAFTSMEN WHO WERE NEITHER DAYAK OR MORO. I DO LIKE THE LOOK OF THE BARONG AND THE TWO MORO-BALI KRIS BUT THEY MAY BE SAID TO BE PUT TOGETHER, FANTASY OR ARTISTIC LICENCE ITEMS. I DID WIN TWO ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION SO WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO JUDGE THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND PERHAPS THEY MAY HAVE COME FROM THE SAME COLLECTIONS .